Choosing the healthcare provider for you is an important decision. You probably prefer someone who listens, is caring, knowledgeable, accessible and willing to take the time to go over all of your options and treat you as a person, not just another “medical problem”.

From our first meeting this is what I do as an osteopath.

For manual therapy, the three manual therapy professions (chiropractic, osteopathy and physiotherapy) are similar but do differ in the way each applies their medical knowledge. For osteopathy each practitioner is different to other osteopaths in treatment style and patient management. Similarly, for chiropractic and physiotherapy.

It is important for you to find the practitioner in whom you have confidence and feel comfortable with. Confidence comes with awareness that current knowledge about back pain from research evidence is backed by my experience and applies directly to your problem.